Saturday, 10 May 2014

8th Bead Soup Blog Party!!!

It's been a rough time for me but I have had a lovely time working with my bead soup from the lovely Lesley Lane. The reds and golds work so well together, all I really added were sparkly glass rondelles and lots of wire!

I do love working with wire!

If you'll remember, here is what my partner sent me to play with.

And here is how the soup has developed...

The first piece I made was this gorgeous suncatcher for my car using red wire, one of the Czech glass flowers, a bronze charm I just had to include and lots of sparkling AB coated glass rondelles which really do reflect the light spectacularly.

Continuing with the addition of red wire here's one of my statement necklaces using a mix of all the different beads from my soup.

The Indian glass and palm wood beads had large holes so I was able to string them onto ribbons and have plaited to form this bracelet. It will be finished with copper wire cones and a hammered copper clasp.

The cute little birdie focal now has a blossom branch to sit on. I love how these little Czech beads have come together, they compliment each other so well. I'm debating whether to make this into a necklace or brooch, any thoughts?

A simple pair of earrings with the addition of red wire again and some AB coated glass rondelles.

Unfortunately I haven't been able to getting around to using the second focal piece and the clasp, however there is still plenty left over and another pair of earrings and bracelet still to finish. I've already started making links with the beads to make a large necklace where the clasp will be a feature as well as functional.Hope you like what I've done with the soup Lesley, and can't wait to see what you've made with yours.xxxIf you'd like to visit others in the hop please use the link below to find a list of other members joining in other at Lori's blog.

You made something no one else did!the sun catcher. And that necklace was so interesting, I had to enlarge the picture to get at the detail. There was a lot more detail in the wired tree too.The colors are just great, oh that red wire!

You took that soup and wire wrapped it right into some truly unique designs. Terrific color palate you had to play with. Depending on how the bird on the branch is weighted I'd like to see it as a broach. But if it tends to flip forward then I'd go with making it into a neck lace...what ever you choose you are sure to get a lot of compliments when you wear it. Soup-er job!

Congrats on the sun catcher for the car - yet another unusual idea from 8th BSBP! That red wire focal is a real statement! The bird and branch are a fantastic couple! The addition of red wire to the soup made it even more vibrant, good move!

Hi Maddison, Your suncatcher idea is certainly unique. I like your braided bracelet. Your wirework is great. My favorite of your pieces is the birdie. Personally I would make it a necklace because it seems rather large to me to be a brooch.

26yr old single mum with a little boy called Joey. BA in Fashion Design from UEL, now working at a local school, in the Art Department and teaching jewellery lessons at a local craft store. I love embroidery, cross-stitch, jewellery making & dress-making. I'm a chocoholic, stitchaholic, & stashaholic. Blogging since September 16th 2008.